Daily activities and academic education effects .
After looking through the codebook for the AddHealth study, I have decided that I am particularly interested in nicotine dependence.
I am not sure which variables I will use regarding nicotine dependence , so for now I will include all of the relevant variables in my personal codebook.
While nicotine dependence is a good starting point, I need to determine what it is about nicotine dependence that I am interested in.
It strikes me that daily activities and academic education may have positive effects on other aspects on our life .
Q1 : Is there is relation between daily activities and feelings ?. If yes what kind of relation that.
Q2 : Is there is relation between daily activities and general health  ?. If yes what kind of relation that.
Q3: Is there relation between what I person think and what he or she doing ?.
I will try answer those questions and also other questions I have on along the way.
For example:

Variable : H1GH44 , survey  Quiz : What do you think your chances are of getting AIDS?
Variable : H1GH53 , survey  Quiz: During the past 12 months  have you ever spent the night away from home without permission?

Is there correlation between both variables ( H1GH44 and H1GH53 )?.

Is there any confound variables ?. Meaning, for example is what you think depending on your knowledge and education?.
I'll try answer this question also.

Lest start by view frequency distributions : 








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